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Populism - "A political philosophy or movement that represents the interests of ordinary people especially against the Establishment" (Merriam Webster) West Virginia born and bred. 🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 Montani Semper Liberi.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Under Trump: -There are 18,000 cyclospora cases across 45 states -Millions have lost ACA & Medicaid coverage -Measles cases are at a 35-year high -New "forever chemical" pesticides are in our food supply -Crucial public health agencies like the CDC & NIH are gutted "Make America Healthy Again."
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WV Populist @wvpopulist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's far past time to end Citizens United.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/07/2026
The public is catching on to Flock's surveillance scheme — and successfully fighting back against the company's efforts to expand its network of creepy cameras even more. Flock can't stop the power of the people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/07/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/06/2026
Ken Jones, a retired San Francisco firefighter, has died from lung cancer after Blue Shield denied his treatment claims Any 2028 candidate who does not champion universal healthcare is a non-starter. I will not vote for someone who kills my neighbors for "shareholder value." You can go burn in hell
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This was preventable. Mexico shut down one of the two facilities that spread sterile screwflies in 2013, and the USDA, slashed under DOGE, decided the flights run from the Panamanian facility might be smuggling drugs, aka weren't White enough. Direct expenses prioritized over indirect costs.
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West Virginia IWW @wviww.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A reminder on this May Day that an injury to one is an injury to all. Solidarity forever with the workers of the world.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy International Workers' Day. Solidarity. Poster by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social, and also on my office wall.
Poster showing a drawing of a modest working class home in the foreground, with a 'foreclosed' sign on the door, contrasted with a mansion in the background.  Text: 'I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars while millions of men and women who work all their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.  Eugene V. Debs, Labor & Socialist Leader, Presidential Candidate, June 16, 1918'
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Monongalia County Democrats @moncountydems.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Check out the recording of the US Senate candidate debate hosted by the Jefferson County Young Democrats this past Friday! Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/Z2_qs7oBmiM?...
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Democratic Senator Primary Debate 2026
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WV Populist @wvpopulist.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Abolish ICE. Close the concentration camps. Prosecute everyone involved.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/10/2025
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the FDA's unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion are unlawful and must be reconsidered. This ​decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/10/2025
#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025. This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies. Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024. Still not sure we need Medicare for All?
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Brad McElhinny @bradmcelhinny.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
In West Virginia, rallies took place in communities all across the state on Saturday, including the state capital in Charleston, university cities Morgantown and Huntington and smaller places like Keyser, Fayetteville, Romney and Wardensville.
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At 'No Kings' rallies, West Virginians say they are not antifa militants, Hamas, haters or paid protesters - WV MetroNews
Participants said they were motivated by what they see as overreach by the Trump administration.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/10/2025
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine the future of the Voting Rights Act. At stake in Louisiana v. Callais is Black voters’ ability to elect their candidates of choice in Louisiana, and all voters' ability to challenge racially discriminatory maps.
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The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again
The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/09/2025
1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans. This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Bans On Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth
A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll reveals that most Americans oppose bans on trans care for youth, with LGBTQ+ people overwhelmingly opposing such bans.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/09/2025
DHS subpoenaed Meta for information about an account that posts names and images of the ICE agents raiding our communities, but @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and advocates are pushing back. Recording federal agents while on duty in public — and sharing that information — is our First Amendment right.
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The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents
StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/09/2025
Honestly, a really good article. It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years. It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2025
I don’t think people truly understand the ascendency of fascism in this country right now. This is an abhorrent, but not surprising, proposal given the rhetoric and actions of the Trump regime and its far right supporters.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Hating Pitt and having a proper dust up over it since 1895. As God intenteded it... Let's Go Mountaineers #ESP #BackyardBrawl
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a man in a fur hat holds a flag that says let 's go class of 2024
ALT: a man in a fur hat holds a flag that says let 's go class of 2024
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This is what lawlessness looks and sounds like
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/08/2025
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Want to feel fired up? Watch this. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ✊
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Two things can be true: 1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; & 2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
“Voters should pick their reps, not the other way around.” @texasdemocrats.bsky.social chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social & Kanew discuss how Dems would prefer national fair districting, but Republicans won’t let it happen so Dems have to fight fire with fire — as @jessicatarlov.bsky.social said.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 03/08/2025
Although Israel said it would pause military activity in select areas of Gaza to allow more food aid in, humanitarian organizations have said that the amount of food entering the area is far from enough, and without additional aid, an increasing number of Palestinians will die from famine.
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Gaza Still Isn't Receiving Enough Food to Prevent Starvation, Aid Workers Say
The famine situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Aid workers say Israel is not allowing enough food to enter the area as Palestinians starve.
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RadioAppalachia @radioappalachia.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Freedom from Fascism protest July 5th Fairmont, WV facebook.com/events/s/fre...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Flash flooding has killed at least six people, including a 3-year-old, in West Virginia. In the middle of it all people are stepping up to help one another. With the state's capacity limited, and Trump making severe cuts to FEMA, neighbors are helping neighbors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRvb...
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MEDIA BLACKOUT: America’s Poorest Counties Devastated By Catastrophic Flooding
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WV Populist @wvpopulist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
West Virginians have some of the worst drinking water systems in the country. The rich needn't worry, but the working class folks get the short end of the stick and are stuck paying exorbitant prices for alternative water sources. www.post-gazette.com/news/environ...
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Weirton residents left reeling after a winter water crisis turned it ‘into a third-world country’
WEIRTON, W.Va. — When Rose McClements turns on the tap in her Weirton, W.Va., home, she’s not sure if she’ll get water that runs...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Palantir’s technology has already built a centralized surveillance system for Trump, we’re not going to make anything easier for them. That’s one of the main reasons we stopped sharing videos and photos on our page. Our mailing list will also be taken down soon.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
"No protests were allowed in DC during the military parade the president ordered to honor himself on his birthday... That would’ve been a serious contender in a Most Unamerican Sentence contest ten years ago. Or 50. Or 80. Don’t let anyone tell you the US was always like this."
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Don't Let Them Take Your Mental Health Too
Complacency or defeatism would be a mistake, but carving out a bit of normality amidst a descent into authoritarianism feels like defiance
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Justin Satzman @jsatz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
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WV Populist @wvpopulist.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
From the Coal Wars to the teacher strikes in 2018, Mountaineers have a strong history of protesting. We once again see Mountaineers protesting today on #NoKingsDay in Charleston, Morgantown, and Clarksburg. Montani Semper Liberi.
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WV Populist @wvpopulist.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
More blood for Trump's hands. People will die because of this. www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he planned to start "phasing out" the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the hurricane season and that states would receive less federal aid to respond to natural disasters.
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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Art by Wren McDonald.
A cartoon by Wren McDonald. Protesters unite, forming the leg & body of a giant bringing its boot down upon red-handed riot cops.
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/06/2025
They promised to root out waste and abuse and found none, and in the process wasted money and abused innocent people. They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/05/2025
This image from HRC goes so hard
Bald eagle with long eyelashes, pink talons, trans pride colored tail feathers, trans and gay pride colored wings, and wearing a harness, while flying over a rainbow road. The human rights campaign name and logo are bottom right with pride colored stars at the bottom.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/05/2025
Cis people have no idea just how stupid gender is about to get
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Kel @kelblue69.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE. no healthcare for Americans but bonuses for the gestapo
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/05/2025
I have a huge request for my readers: Trump's tax and spending bill will be moving through the Senate. Senators can invoke the Byrd Rule to try to remove the anti-trans Medicaid ban and EHB changes. You can find and call your senator here and ask them to do that. Please share as well.
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U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
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onion person @junlper.beer · 29/05/2025
imagining taking white genocide seriously is so funny because it’s not a genocide in any classic or defined sense of actual oppression and instead is just that white people have gotten bad at fucking. it would be like calling pandas dying off as “panda replacement theory” lmfao
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